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GIVES HIS PROOFS.
Hon. T. E. Watson Makes Reply to
Hon. Grover Cleveland.
MAKES OUT A VERT CLEAR CASE.
Bnye He Made Ills Charges on
Statements Made in a Dook
?_Wrltton by Prod Douglass
Nine Yearn Ago.
Representative Bartlett, of Georgia,
bas received the following letter from
Grover Cleveland, blistering Thomas
IS. Watson for his charges concerning
Cleveland's attitude on the negro ques
tion: ,
PKINCETON, March 4, 1904.
To Hon. Chas. L. Bartlett, Washing
ton, D. 0.
My Dear Mr. Bartlett-I have re
ceived a number of Inquiries similar
to yours touching my invitation of
Fred Douglas to a wedding reception
" and signing, while governor of New
York, of a bill providing for mixed
schools. I do not suppose that Mr.
Thomas E. Watson believed, or had
any reason to believe, either of thc
allegations when he* made them. At
any rate, they are bota utterly and
absolutely false. 1 canuot afford to
devote a great deal of time to deny
ing such foolish tales. I shall, there
fore, attempt to cover every phase of j
the subject now for all. lt so hap
pens that 1 have never in my ollicial
positions, either when sleeping or
waking, alive or dead, on my head or I
on my heels, dined, lunched or suppeu
or invited to a wedding reception ,inv
colored man, woman or chIwJ- M?
however, I had desired to, d0 iXV{.oi
these things, neither t?-e fear of Mr.
Watson or any one -"8' would bave
prevented me. V '?en 1 was governor
of New York ,l movement was made
in the iegWlature to abolish seperute
colored- schools in New York city. I
op?vosed this measure and it failed. 1
do not lind that I iuterposed a veto
and I have forgotten the course thc
matter took, but 1 know that what
ever I did was In favor of maintain
ing separate colored schools Instead of
having them mixed.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) GnovEU CLEVELAND.
WATSON IN itEPLY.
The following letter from Hon.
Thos. E. Watson in reply to the above
is hot stuff and will be read with in
terest:
THOMSON, Ga., April f>.
To the Editor of the Augusta Chroni
cle.
Sm: In your issue of yesterday you
publish a letter written by Mr. Cleve
land to my friend Hon. Charles Bart
lett.
This letter ls dated March 4th.
Just why it was kept from the press
for an entire month, is not stated.
Mr. Cleveland says that he docs not
suppose that 1 believed, or had any
reason to believe, that my charges
were true when they were made.
The Intimation that 1 would wilful
ly charge upon him things which 1
knew to be false, does both himself
and me an injustice.
To publicly make against a man so
prominent as Mr. Cleveland serious
accusations which were known to be
untrue, could only be the act of a
knave who was a* :me time a
. fool. 1 A slacdert ls simply a
v a may whih -oods ' -which
he knows to be i s; but such
slanders are neve -d over tlie
signature of the who makes
thorn, unless the author is a fool as
web as a knave.
"When Grover Cleveland assumes
that I am either a knave or a fool he
will lind no respectable man who
knows me to agree with him. Thc
gentleman to whom he addressed Mis
letter would tell him quickly enough
that any such construction put upon
my act, or any such imputation casi
upon my character, would be repudi
ated by both the Democratic senators
from Georgia, and by at least a ma
jority of the Democratic delegation
from this state to Hie lower house.
People of the state in which my life
has been passed do not endorse my
politics, but they do not doubt thc
honesty of my convictions nor the
purity of my character; and Mr. Cleve
land will not strengthen himself in
' this state by reflecting upon either.
Now let us see what Mr. Cleveland's
letter amounts to, as a reply to my
charges.
I beg to remind your readers that
the issue arose out of the controversy
which raged around the Booker Wash
ington incident.
A Republican member of congress,
to offset Mr. Roosevelt's treatment of
Booker, had alleged thal Mr. Cleve
land dined C. H. .J. Taylor at the
white house. Mr. Cleveland denied
the statement; and his card, when
published, was headlined in such a
way as to carry the impression that he
had never practiced social equality al
the white house.
In an article, which was published
in the Atlanta News, 1 pointed out
that Mr. Cleveland bad confined his
denial to t he negro Taj lor, and that
the head lines went further than the
letter-as is often thc ease.
Furthermore, I added that Mr.
Cleveland had practiced social equali
ty in three particulars:
1. In appointing a negro to be min
ister to one ol the South American re
publics.
2. By signing the bill for mixed
schools in New York.
3. By inviting Fred D ?uglass and
wife to his wedding reception at the
white house.
Upon what grounds were these
charges made?
Necessarily, they were based upi n
current and contemporaneous news
paper reports which were not con
tradicted. How else Isa citizen to
have knowledge of public affairs? The
newspapers aro the source of our in
formation; and if a public man allows
the newspapers to mala; gneral and
repeated statements about his con
duct, he must expect such statements
to be credited, unless denied.
How do 1 know that Mr. Roosevelt
dined Booker Washington? 1 was not
there. I did not see it. 1 have not
spoken to any one who did see it. But
the newspapers made the charge, and
it was not denied hence 1 believe it.
How do I know that Grover Cleve
land made a private and almost
secret sale of United Slates bonds to
J. Pierpont Morgan, and by this
private deal made it possible for thc
varaclous Wall street llnanclcrs to
pocket about ten million dollars of
the money of the tax-payers of this
republic?
, J was not there; yet 1 know it hap
pened, because tlie newspapers made,
such a row about lt that Cleveland
was afraid to sell any more bonds that
way.
In like manlier, I believed he signed
the bill for mixed schools in New York
because lt was so charged In the news
papers, and he never denied it ot tho
time.
As to the White House reception,
I had precisely the same grounds for
belief that the public had In the case
of Booker Washington. It was so
charged; aod no denial was made.
It has not only been charged in
newspapers, but appeared In book
form.
The book to which I refer is "The
Li fe and Ti mes of Frederick Douglass."
The author was Douglass himself. In
this book Douglass glorifies Mr.
Cleveland for the reason that Cleve
land treated him aud "Mrs. Douglass"
as social equals.
This book was published in 1895
near where Mr. Cleveland lives, and
nobody bas challenged its statements
so far as 1 know.
Douglass was an ardent admirer of
Mr. Cleveland. The Democratic presi
dent had, for a considerable time, al
lowed the Republican negro to con
tinue to hold one of the fattest otllces
in Woshington City. Hut it was not
for this that Douglass loved Cleve
land.
What won the heart of the narra
was thc fact t hat at a cr^'^' tlme
wheu both whites andr "Jacks were
r hi? marriage
condemning Douglass tri.
with a white woman li' vleve,jnd
was brave enough/" ?efy public
opinion and to ext/"*3,'??Mj1, recogni
tion to the negro a,U(1 llls "hl?? wi e'
Some extra'-iS from the Do^ass
book were p,-0llshcd last Saturday in
the Atlant Nows' m,t 08 Mr- ,Clevc
land's le^LCr w&3 written a month ago,
it bec? mcs necessary for me togo over
?j, same ground a second time.
Douglass says that Ids "false friends"
both colors were loading him with
reproaches because lie had recently
married a white woman.
"Popular prejudice" among the
blacks as well as the whites had been
amused by this act of miscegenation.
Hut Fred y ay s that Mr. Cleveland,
in spite of all the clamor about the
white wife, singled him, out for
special attentions.
Whattbcss attentions were he, pro
ceeds to state.
He says that Mr. Cleveland never
failed to invite him and his wife to all
of the grand receptions; and Douglass
says that "myself and my wife never
failed to attend them."
At these receptions Douglass s'ates
that Mr. Cleveland showed to himself
and "Mrs. Douglas-." a bearing "not
less cordial and courteous than that
extended to the other ladles and
gentlemen present."
Douglas's call this conduct of Mr.
Cleveland a "manly defiance hy a
Democratic president of thc malignant
and tlmc-hooored prejudice."
Wlial was th" malignant prejudice
which Mr. Cleveland was defying in
so maulv a matine) ?
Obviously, undeniably. Douglass;
nu am to give .Mr. Cleveland praise i
for defying popular prejudice or the
subject ol' si cial < quality. What else
was Cleveland's "manly defiance"
aimed al?
Again, lo show more clearly how
Douglass understood the true meaning
of Mr. Cleveland's conduct. the negro
goes on to say that the cordial and
courteous treatment accorded him and
"Mrs. Douglass" by Mr. and Mrs.
Cleveland was extended while he was
"surrounded by distinguished men
?iud women from all parts of the coun
try. Mid by diplomatic represent at ives
I rom all paris of thc world, and under
Hie gaze ol' tile late slaveholders."'
Now, if there ever was anything
clear in a hook it ls clear that in this
book Fred Douglass meant to give
Mr. Cleveland credit and praise for
defying malignant prejudice on the
social equality question, and for
treating himself and "Mrs. Doug
lass" as social equals in the presence
of thc representatives of thc white
race throughout I he world.
What made this "manly defiance "j
malignant prejudice" the more exqui
sitely gratifying to the negro was
thal it was done "under the gaze Of
the late slave-owners." in other
words, Fred says, in effect, thal
Southern ladies and gentlemen were
present and were compelled to witness
in silence Hie social triumph of him
self and "Mrs. Douglass."
oh. how full the cup of Fred's joy
must have been! And what a sly
gleam of victorious insolence lhere
must, have been in the negro's eyes as
lie looked at the late "slave-owners" to
whom Mr. Cleveland was giving bis
"manly dcfianci !"
That spirit is shown in his book,
and I have no doubt it was shown on
his countenance in those blissful
hours when he and "Mrs. Douglass"
were being treated just as "the oilier
gentlemen and ladies" were treated in
the white house.
Heaping tip his gratitude aud his
praise, tho negro goes on io say (page
OMS) that Hie Democrats of Hie South
fiercely and bitterly repica died Mr.
Cleveland for his social recognition of
Douglassaud w ife. but. that he (Cleve
land) "never faltered or flinched," and
"c mt inned tn invite Mrs. Douglass
anti mys IP' and "often wrote the in
vitations with his own hand."
Then, to show conclusively what
Douglass understood by Cleveland's
c; nduct, he adds:
"Among my friends in Europea fact
like this will (\cite tm comment.
There color does not decide thc civil
and s 'lid position of a man.
Ni W [jask all impartial, intelligent
men if these extracts from Douglass'
book do not prove that he tmdertood
Grover Olevelaud to have defied she
malignant prejudice of Southern
Democrats by treating him ?ind his
white wile as social equals';
If if does not mean that, what in
Hie name of common sei.SJ does if
mean?
Douglass alludes to Hie newspaper
criticisms which were leveled at Cleve
land because ol' l bat very thing.
Did not Cleveland sec lho:n? If he
did not, where were his eyes? if he
did soc Hi. m. why did nut lie deny"
them then?
Douglass was alive then. Proofs
were easily accessible th' n. Tile
Southern negro was still a political
power, Uten. Thc ballot which ought
never have been promiscuously given
to Ilia), liad riot been taken from him,
then.
Why, oh why, did nut Mr. Cleve
land say H.en that never on his head
or his heels had he extended lo any
negro that b ion of "social (quality"
which such negroes as Fred Douglass
Crave and which is denied them hy a
"malignant and time-honored piroja
dice?"
S uno rather peculiar pictures pass
through my mind as 1 try to fancy
what Mr. Cleveland means by stand
ing on his head, but, as the preachers
say. "I must not dwell."
The point is t his: Did Feed Doug
lass teli lies on Olovcland in that book?
Ile liad no motive fur doing so.
He evidently did not intend to do so?
He, a negro Republican, was praising
a white Democrat for conduct which
the black man considered heroic. He
did not mean to injure Cleveland or to
misrepresent bim. Ile was eulogizing
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that gentleman; he was showering
praise upon him; he was throwing bou
quets at him; he was singling bim out
as the ' braye, manly Democrat who
defined the Southern race prejudice,
and who gave to him, the negro, the
same treatment which was accorded
him In Europe "where color does not
decide the social position ol a man."
For nine years this book has been
In circulation. For nine years Cleve
land has been enjoying the oredlt for
all the good things his negro admirer
said of bim. Doubtless there are thou
sands of people who have thrilled with
admiration as they read of the manner
in which Mr. Cleveland dened the ma
lignant race prejudice of the South,
wrote invitations with his own hand
to "Mr. and Mrs. Douglass," accorded
them tbe treatment due in one's bouse
to all ladies and gentlemen, and bold
ly conformed to that European Staud
ard which disregards color in fixing
social status. , '
And' now after nine yeo**-after
Douglass has died, and after the
Southern negro hps bei?" disfranchis
ed, cometh the said Crover Cleveland
liprl <wi??r?.3-tha? ho ls not the hero
v red Douglass said he was.
Is there any sence in splitting hairs
about wedding receptions, and other
social receptions, or other social-equal
ity practices? None whatever. The
question at Issue is: Did Mr. Cleveland
invite and receive Douglass and wife
upon terms of social-equality? That
is the pith and marrow of the dispute.
If it be true, as Douglass says, that
Mr. Cleveland often wrote the Invita
tions with his own hand, and that he
treated the negro and wife at all the
white house receptions as social
equals, defying thp predjudice and thc
criticism of the Southern accuracy of
my statement stands proved without
reference to any particular reception.
ir Mr. Cleveland will condescend to
read pages lilli, (547 and 048 of the
book referred to, and will then specify
to what extent the author lied, he
will clear up the atmosphere consider
ably.
Poor old Fred! What a lesson is
here, my brethren. In his day and
time, Fred Douglass was a power in
the land. White politicians courted
his support. The highest leaders in
the land made much of him. President
(?raut petted him; Ganfield petted
him; Harrison petted him; and Cleve
land-but that's another story.
Poor old Fred! He Is dead now,
Pretty much everybody who wants to
kick him can come up and dolt. Once
upon a time his voice, along the linc
of battle, "were worth a thousand
men." In those days, he was a "dis
tinguished colored gentleman and
statesman." How ha?e the mighty
slipped duwil nih: At present, bc seems
to be nothing more than "a d-d nig
ger," who never was Invited anywhere
by anybody, whether on their heels or
on their heads, drunk or sober: and if
ever he got into tho white house at all
he just "butted in."
old Fred will turn over in his
grave when he learns that the great
Democratic president win m he so
much lauded for his manly deliance of
malignant prejudice has caught "the
damned nigger" fever, and shows a
rising pulse every time we take his
temperature.
1 will make further investigation
about thc New York school law; but
if. in the meanwhile, Mr. Cleveland
lias anything to say about appointing
that negro as minister to tile white
republic in South America, he might
write Charley Harlett another "head
or heels" letter, while we walt.
Tnos E. WATSON.
A Warning to All.
Thc Cotton Plant says the almanac
makers ought to insert this warning
the li rsl Of April: "Look out for the
oily tongued agent about this time."
Never sign any sort of paper present
ed by these sharp fellows. Do not
even.write your natue on the blank
page of a memorandum, out West
One of these fellows went around
amongst the farmers ostensibly in
trouducing some, machine that the
[armers were interested in. Ile was
not taking orders, but tit ding out
probable purchasers so as to have cir
culars sent by the house. For some
reason or other he could not write
and he asked the farmer to write his
name and address. He managed so
Hie name would be on Hie lower right
hand corner of a blank page in Iiis
memorandum, which page was about
the size and shape ol'a note. After
getting a few of these signatures he
tilled out bankable notes above the
signature, and then cashed them.
Lookout for the agents for lightning
rods, patent churns, fanning imple
ments cooking stoves and deal very
cautiously with them. Always liny
such things from trust worthy nier
( hauts and manufacturers and you
will not lie cheated.
Si.\ H ml Their Liven.
In New Vork an unusual number
of suicides, at ?east half of them due
to despondency because of Inability to
secure employment, were reported to
Hie police last week.
Three of thc six victims chose car
bolic acid as a means of ending their
trouliles, one chose death by shooting,
another .by hanging and the sixth ac
complished his purpose by turning on
Hie gas.
Tue most youthful suicide was Eva
Pocker, a 17-year-old brooklyn school
girl, who drank carbolic acid after
reading a letter, and the oldest, Jacob
Ileiham, 65, of Manhattan, who had
been ill with rheumatism. His body
was found hanging in his lodgings.
The body of another suicide, a wo
man, who had ended her life at least
two weeks ago by Inhaling chloroform,
was found in a house on east Thirly
llfth street. A note found with thc
body said the woman was so deeply in
debt that she saw no hope.
The other suicides reported wen;:
.lames Finney, fireman, who lost Iiis
wink through drink; Samuel Levy, no
work, carbolic acid; Bgisto Hertel e.
stonecutter, shooting, no work; .1.
Hender, a crayon artist, gas.
Can't Pay Moro Kc ut.
Generaland concerted demands of
landlords on the lower Fast Side of
.New York fur more rent will send
thousands Of people homeless into the
streets within a week. Unable to
meet the demand for increased rents
the tenants, who are the poorest of
thc poor, l ld the landlords that they
are unable to keep the miserable
hovels t hey call home. Notices of an
nuclease of nearly thirty per cent
have been served. Several families
have'already bean evicted and a hun
dred other eviction notices I ia ve been
secured from thc municipal collits
and are ready for service.
Overcome Hy Gas.
Oscar Scvcrson, Edwatd Hammond
and Jacob Hammond, young men in
their twenties, were all lound dead in
bed Wednesday morling at their
home, No. 50f> Richmond Street.
They were overcome with gas.
V
LAST WEEK'3 FROSTS.
Gordons Were A (footed . Curiously
Plants Boing Killed in Spots.
There was a frost of freakish varie
ty last week. Its blight fell lo spot
and Mr. J. W. Bauer, section director
of the weather bureau, ls unable to
say just what damago has been done.
Tuis all depends upon the amount of
moisture. Plants surrounded by dry
soil were not affected as seriously as
where there was dampness.
In gardens which came under Mr.
Raitens observation the frost seemed
to attack the young vegetables with
out any regularity. Oue plant appear
ed to be killed while those around It
were unhurt. No news from the
peach crop in the ridge section .could
be learned Tuesday, but as the frost
was not altogether destructive here,
lt ls hoped that the peach crop is not
hurt-and indeed a slight pruning
would not be harmful as there is such
an abundance of blooms that if all
should nature the trees would be un
able to bear the load.
Mr. Bauer last week Issued the first
of bis weekly bulletins as to the grow
ing crop. This one, under date of
April otb, says:
"The week ending 8 a. m., April
4th, had nearly normal temperature,
having been cooler than usual during
the first and warmer than usual dur
ing the second half. There were light
frosts over the eastern portions on
March 29th, increasing in severity to
killing, with thin ice, in the western
parts, but aside from causing some
com that was up to yellow slightly,
no injury resulted. The week closed
with abnormally cold weather prevail
ing, and frost threatening thc Interior
sections.
"There was practically no precipi
tation during the week. (Jo March 20
27th thc rainfall was general over the
State, and was excessive In places,
greatly delaying farm work. Unbroken
lands arc becoming hard in the north
ern counties, but generally the soil is
in line condition for tillage.
"The preparation of lands is report
ed to be somewhat backward in a few
western counties, but is generally nor
mally advanced, and made rapid pro
gress during the last week, especially
Hie preparation of lands fur cotton,
and thc placing of fertilizers in thc
ground.
"From one-half to three-fourths of
thc proposed acreage to bc planted to
corn has already been planted in the
eastern sections, the percentage de
creasing toward the northwestern
counties, where this work has only
been begun. Corn planted early in
March is. with few exceptions, up to
fair stands, and some has received
first cultivation.
"A little short staple and consider
able sea island cotton has been plant
ed, but this work cannot be said to be
generally under way, although, soil
and weather permitting, will make
rapid progress during the coming week
in all parts of the State.
"Rice planting has progressed fa
vorably in che Georgetown district and
was impedi d with heavy rains and a
freshet In the rivers In the Colleton
district, where, previous to March
20th, a considerable area had already
been sown.
"Tobacco plants are small in the
beds, but look healthy and vigorous;
none have as yet been transplanted.
"Wheat and oats continue small,
but haye improved, except that- oats
have thin stands In places. Spring
sown oats look well.
"Peach trees hr.ve about finished
blooming in the eastern sections, and
are now in full bloom In the western
counties. Apple trees are late in
blooming. The prospects for all kinds
of fruit, arc excellent. Cabbage, beets,
peas and strawberries aie being shipped
from the coast truck farms, Pasturage
is scant and does not afford grazing in
tlie western counties. There ls wide
spread complaints of a scarcity of farm
laborers."
Criminal Statistlon.
We have received the following
from the division of vital statistics of
the department of commerce and la
bor:
"Few social questions are asked
more frequently than, what is thu in
crease of crime? The national census
bureau is seeking an answer to this
inquiry. It is undertaking to secure
a record of all the persons who are
sentenced to the various jails, peni
tentiaries and other prisons during
t he year 1904. "The wardens of the
state prisons and the sheriffs of the
counties are being requested to act as
special agents to report certain facts
concerning every person delivered
luto their custody. Some counties have
not been heard from. In sonic, per
haps, there are no jails: in others,
perhaps, the local jails are no longer
used; in still others the sheriff have
possibly neglected the matter. Rut
the records of the census bureau and
tlie resulting statistics will not bc
complete until all are heard from, and
it is hoped that the pressure of other
business will not cause the sheriff of
any county to block this most impor
tant Inquiry." Wc trust that all
South Carolina officials will comply
with this request. Such statistics are
matters of general public interest and
are of much importance in show
ing the people their actual con
dition as to thc number of crimes com
mitted within their state boundaries.
Had Whiskey in Sali;.
The Charleston Post says when
Sorgt. Healey and his raiding squad
visited Jesse Barber's store on blake
street. Thursday afternoon and asked
for the kejs to his iron safe there
quest ssas refused. A locksmith was
engaged, and t he safe opened and thir
teen quarts of whiskey confiscated.
The raiding squad had reason to be
lieve thal whiskey was kept III the
safe. When they searched thc pre
mises they found that the outer door
of the safe wits unlocked, bul the
inner doors were fastened. The keys
were demanded, but refused. Sorgt.
Healey sent, for a locksmith and after
working for some time with a number
ol keys, one was found which lit the
lock and thc door was swung open,
exposing thirteen quarts of "booze. "
Located at Last.
Cleveland, Ohio, is si ill addicted to
tho Hell habit. A minister In that
city recently declared from his pulpit
that there is no Hell. As soon as he
had made his announcement about
Hell, the congregation gathered up
the hymnbooks and began tb pelt the
reverend gentleman in the most lin
heavenly manner. We are not told
what effect this unusual argument
had upon him, but if llb had any
doubts as to the existence of Hell be
fore, tho action of bis congregation
ought to have dissipated them per
manently. Hell seems to be very
dear lo the hearts of the people of
Cleveland, lt may even be that
Cleveland ls Hell,
SENATOR BURTON SENTENCED.
With Bowed Head He Hears Judge
Say Verdlot Is Just.
At St. Louis on Wednesday United
States Senator J. R. Burton of Kan
sas was sentenced to six months' Im
prisonment in jail and a line of $2,500
for using his influence before the post
office department In behalf of the
Rialto Grain and Securities company
of St. Louis, and for having received
payment from the company for his
services.
When Senator Burton, accompanied
by his attorney, came into the United
States district court Judge Adams
spoke of the motions that had been
Hied for a new trial and for arrest of
judgment. The court, after briefly re
viewing the motions, overruled them
both. The court then said to the de
fendant:
"Have you anything to say as to
why sentence should not be passed
upon you?"
Evidently suppressing his emotions
with a strong effort, Senator Burton
stood leaning with both hands on a
chair back as he said:
"Your honor will please allow me to
respectfully decline to say anything."
The court room was almost empty,
with tho exception of a few persons
who had remained out of curiosity,
and the silence was almost opppres
sive as Judge Adams, in a low tone,
began delivering the sentence. The
court said:
"I am satisfied that tho jury reach
ed the just and true result. The evi
dence abundantly warranted their
verdict and I find no reason, either in
the law governing the case or in the
proceedings attending the trial, for
disturbing it.
"Your exalted station in iire and
the character of your olfense, give
unusual significance to your convic
tion. l t demonstrates that the law
of the land is equal to any emergency
and that it can be administered re
gardless of the personality and sta
tion of the accused, lt also demon
strates to all the people that public
olllce cannot be prostituted to self
serving purposes, and that public olllce
is not a sure or safe passport to pri
vate thrift.
"Tile humiliation attending your
conviction and the statutory disquali
fications resulting therefrom which
forever incapacitate you from holding
any ollice of honor, trust, or profit
under the government of the United
States, are in themselves heavy pun
ishment for your otTense: and leave
but little in t he way of severity which
could be lidded. It is neither my
pleasure nor purpose to impose any
unii! cessary punishment.
"1 think the majesty of the law
will lie sullicientty vindicated and
the public welfare sutllciently safe
guarded by imposing a single sen
tence, warranted as it is on any one
of the six cunts of the indictments
on which you were convict ed.
"This sentence will be that you be
confined in the Iron county jail fora
period of six months, and that you
pay a line of two thousand live hun
dred dollars."
At the conclusion of the sentence
Senator Murt?n, who had not taken
his eyes from the court and who had
scarcely moved as fie supported him
self by the chair back, t urned and.sat
down, with his head bowed and his
eyes on the floor. His attorney,
Judge Krum, immediately tiled a bill
of exceptions in t he case and offered a
bGi?d of 610,000 willoh was accepted.
Senator Hulton declined to discuss
the sentence. The case now will be
appealed to the United States district
court appeals.
A Mystery Explained.
The Retailer and Advertiser says
even the casual observer who walks
through the .retail districts of New
York during the holiday season can
scarcely fail to be impressed with the
almost phenomenal difference in the
amount of business done in the vari
ousstores. He will notice that one
siore seems to be constantly crowded
with customers, that the salespeople
are working to the limit of their en
durance and that the delivery wagons
are kept busy at night and day dis
tributing Hie goods sold. In another
store in the same block, perhaps next
door, he will observe that there is
practically "nothing doing." This
store is quite as attractive as the
oilier store. lt handles tho same
lines and qualities of goods, and per
haps they come from the same man
ufactories. The prices are equally
low, and the clerks are courteous and
attentive. Hut there is a much smal
ler stall of salespeople employed, and
even during Hie holiday rush they are
nut kept busy. Why is there such a
remarkable dillerence? 1 have taken
thc trouble to Investigate the problem
and have made careful observations
in a dozen or moro cases. I have in
variably found that thc merchants
who were doing the business were good
advertisers and that the ones wno
were apprently receiving but little
benefit from the holiday trade made
no use of printer's ink.
AH to Breakfast Foods.
The Cotton Plant says in reading
the many advertisements of cereal
foods and their wonderful virtues it is
a matter of surprise that our ancestors
pulled through on corn bread, and the
three qualities of Hour made at the
old style mills. That was about the
extent of their cereal food. To that
they added hog meat, game, tish and
a little grass fed beef in the fall ol' the
year. Those prepared cereals ?ire very
good and they taste well, but let all
remember thal a pound of corn ground
al an old fashioned mill has just ?is
much nourishment as the pound pre
pared in the most scientific way. The
same statement applies to wheat.
I.opie who have money to gratify
their taste can nay 15 to 20 cents a
pound for the same food value in a
;i-cent pound Hour. Those prepared
cereals are very handy ?md healthful
?ind their use is quite common among
town people. Willi some of thc oat.
or wheat preparations one can add lo
?in evening meal when company sud
denly comes in. Hut farmers in the
country have to depend on the pro
ducts ol'l he mills and Hie thinking,
ingenious housekeeper can make a va
riety of cakes and mullins ami change
Hie bill of cereal fare somewhat every
day in the week.
The Jews Oruellied.
Additional private advices from
Lompalanka, Bulgaria, where thc
anti-Semite riots were reported Wed
nesday, state that the mob inflicted
injuries un the victims resembling
those inflicted on Christ. They gash
ed the sides of thc Jews, drove nails
in their hands and feet and placed
crowns of thorns on their heads. The
authorities took energetic measures
to crush the outbreak. Tho Bulgar
ian government suppressed the news
and is trying to prevent antagonizing
the Jewish Huaneiers who frequently
handle Bulgarian loans,
?
THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
Active 'Preparations are Bel?g Made
for lt it Opening,
State Superintendent of Education
Martin Ia busy just now In preparing
for tbe state summer school, whioh
convenes in Rock Hill on June 29tb.
The following letter was sent out
Tuesday:
To Superintendents and Teachers:
We are preparing for a much larger
state summer school tban we had last
year. To start with, the legislature
made a special appropriation for this
purpose and we are organizing an
unusually strong faculty. We arc
preparing courses in tbe following sub
jects: Educational psychology and
child study, history and civics, city
and country school problems, nature
study and bird life, geography and
geography making, grammar, litera
ture and library work, sight singing,
domestic science, drawing, arithmetic,
algebra and geometry, manual train
ing, nature study and botany, expres
sion, kindergarten work, primary and
Intermediate methods, lectures on
other school subjects of general Inter
est.
More than three-fourths of the In
structors have already accepted and
just as soon as all the acceptante
are received the names of the faculty
will be announced. It is necessary
only to say that the faculty will be an
unusually strong one, and, in addi
tion, there will be a series of instruc
tive and entertaining lectures which
will be delivered to the whole school.
Winthrop college oilers most excel
lent advantages for a summer school.
A low rate for board will be secured
and President Johnson and bis staff
will do everything possible for the
comfort and convenience of those in
attendance.
The State Teachers* association will
bold its annual meeting at Winthrop
during the Summer school. The dates
and program will soon be announced
by President E l.munds of Sumter.
I have applied for low rates on the
railroads and think we shall get rate
of one fare for the round trip. I hope
you will extend this notice and use
your Influence to seoure a large at
tendance at the State Summer school
and also at thc State Teachers' usso*
ciation, as both of these meetings
contribute largely to the advance
ment of the educational Interests of
thc State.
Sincerely yours,
O. H. Martin,
State Superintendent Education.
About Working Crops.
"Thc mistake that many farmers
make," says the Cotton Plant, "isthat
they do not begin the cultivation of
their crops in time. They lia ve an
idea that the main object in cultivat
ing crops is to keep weeds and grass
down. If they had land free from
grass seeds they would do little work
on the crop. The chief end to be ac
complished in cultivating any sort of
crop is to break the ground thorough
ly and pulverize lt so that air and
sunlight may penetrate it. The plant
food is thus -rendered available. As
soon as corn is up run round it with a
long tongue plow going close to the
corn and as deep as po>sible. That
will break the hard pan. In abouf?
ten days use thc same plow, running
a little outside of first furrow. In
this way the corn will have a well
broken bed two feet wide. After
that the cultivation should bo fre
quent and shallow. Some people have
an Idea that three or four workings
are enough for corn. In some rich
bottom lands, planted late, two work
ings are enough. It is better to cul
tivate uplands planted early five or
six times. After every rain run the
cultivator over it aud break the crust
and prevent evaporation. The same
plan holds good in working cotton.
If land has been prepared well by
breaking and harrowing, the cultiva
tion should be shallow. Never wait
for the grass to grow before you begin
to work your crops. Another mistake
that many farmers make is in waiting
for a rain to fall between two consecu
tive workings. Never walt a day for
a shower. The most valuable work
is often done when land is ?one over
twice, between rains. It will do good
every time. The dryer thc season
cultivate the oftener. Never stop for
dry weather.*'
How to Advertise.
.1. L. Mahlin of Malibu's A vert isl ng
Agency, Chicago, says there is a great
deal of talk about the mail ordei
houses, but do you know there is not
one of them that can honestly say
that lt can sell goods cheaper than
the home merchant? lt is not the
price that sells the goods, but the
plausible reason for the price-a
plausible statement. You merchants
can beat them out every time. Meet
Hiern with the same kind of advertis
ing. The oatmeal business is an
illustration of what can be done to
make people to buy an article they
never intended to buy. People were
opposed to oatmeal and said it was
horse feed. The manufacturer had to
present the advantages ol' its health
fulness, and lie invested oatmeal with
all the desirable qualities. There is
a man in Hattie Creek who, it is said,
has created a market for corncobs,
and you people pay more for your
postum cereal than you do for coffee.
A mixture of corncobs and syrup is
made valuable by virtue of advertis
ing. An advertisement should always
show the individuality of the mer
chant who puts it out. Avoid clever
ness. An advertisement which at
tracts attention to the way it is pre
sented instead ol* tho article advertised
it not fulfilling its purposes. Avoid
appeal to prejudices. Don't lug in
outside mal ter. The secret of the
succ?s of t he Spotless Town advertis
ing is that it never loses sight of the
idea of cleanliness.
Who Are They?
Senator Burton, of Kansas, who
was convicted ot accepting compensa
tion to further the interests of a
fraudulent concern before the post
?nico, department in his admbsions
made statements which must have
brought consternation among the
other senatorial grafters, but lo their
intense relief he did not mention any
j names. He said many of lils sen
atorial brethren mad.' large sums of
money "practicing before the depart
ments," some of them making as
much as $10,000 a year. We agree
with the Columbia Record that it ls a
pity that the senator did not go more
into detail and tell the country who
these men are. What thc people want
is to get those "big up" in this graft
ing business at thc national capital.
A small beginning has been made,
and for the good of thc country there
should he no stopping until all the
I rasc?is are cleaned out.
IT will be easier to nominate Jud|?e
Parker than to elect him.
First sign of RHEUMATISM. Dangerous t- la* ra
ran. Easy te eura now. A singlo ?bott!* oj
Will prob.Mr do th? work. Uti caeca feqnlre mere. RHEUMACIDI
cum br eenie; ri J of the came, io that rm (race of the di,enc lb,,,,
ID the arat?m. It purlriee the blood, relierca tile Inflammation of Ut* kid.
nera, the chronic conniption and the catarrh that tollosa aech a c?ndL
lion of tho intern.--. *???.?
Though Mra. Mary E. Welburn, ol H\th Point, H. C.. I, 80 reata old
?nd bad antlered from rheumatiam for 20 reata, aha Waa complete!? cured
br RHEUM ACIDE, and declarea abe leela "reata renn ger" and li antiene
(or "all who a,e aarTerlnt from any of the forma of thia dread dlieaaa" to
try RHEUM ACIDE and be cared.
REV. J. R. WHEELER, > noted Method lit mininer, of Reliterrtown
Md., write, cethuilaetlcallr of RHEUM ACIDE, which cuice hts. Ha la
75 reata old and hu been In the minlitrr SO reara.
aa M PLC DOTTLE PUKE FROM
(BOBBITT CHEMICAL CO., PROPRIETORS,
?ALTIMORE;, MO. *
"orra AT THE JOINTS FROM THC INOIOB."
THE LOUD TALKER SAYS -
THE NEW KIND OF CHEW
THAT WON ENOUGH CHEWERS
IN A YEAR TO MAKE
SWEEPSTAKES
THE LARGEST COMPETITIVE BRAND
OF SCHNAPPS TOBACCO.
YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN, WAKE UB
THE UTJIGNAKD BRICK WORK?
COLUMPIA, S. C.
. Building and Re-Pressed Brick. Special shapes to order. Pire Proof
Terra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to till orders for thousands'or
for millions.
Everybody Should Read This.
Wo sell tho best gooda tor the least money that they oin legitimately ho sold at. If.
you need anything in the machinery supply line write us for prices. Just recoiviug two
car Iliads of pi|K! and car load of iron, Cheapest pince in state to buy pipe and iron.
G. A, GOIGNARD, Pta COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., G AtJcinsiin, Sec and Treas,
Ooltmil^ia., S. G.
c?j?r OUT O?1 xEnS K?r
Hy using some of our high grade ready-mixed paints on. your house in
stead of the home made lead and oil mixtures, they are more thorough-'
ly ground by machinery and will, therefore, give better and more lastr
intf results.
COLUMAN-BALT^VJARTIN PAINT AND OIL CO.
) -Wholesale and retail dealers ip every thing in Un.? paint line.
^l^^SjlT^KhigJjt^^ . l'alm?tlo Stauips,,Au"()ine|'iUvll'l-''
F TV "'^..rrrooTnin^.. m-i MI _
?' rv PPilll'lTlO' best-we can mas.:. >?y Part orir^fr^.^ijai1?>__^
V l\Vv JJCHllll^. Our prices aro ol ton no moro than you pey IOIMMTB.'",
When our charge for work is $1.50 or over wo will pay oxprosd charge ono way. Suud us yo
watch, I?, ll IJACIIIOHOTTH & CO. Jewelo.u, 1434 Main St., Cnlumhin, S. C.
W^Usliey^ I Morphine I Cigarette All.Drug and Tobacco
Uabit, I Habit | Habit | Habits.
Cured by Keeley Inst ii: vite, of &. O.
132'J Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75)"Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspond
ence solicited.
Southeastern Lime & Cement . Co.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Hoofing
"RU BK ROI I'." Write for prices.
I^inio cement, Plaster,
Terra Cotta Pipe, Pooling Paper, Car lots, small lots, write,
Carolina. Portland Cement Co., Charleston, H. Cf.
Art to Clemson Scholarships.
President Mell of Clemson and Mr.
ll. W. Simpson, presidentoi the board
ol' trust?es, have asked the attorney
general through tbe State superin
; tendent of education for an interpreta
tion of tile new act creating 1'-'
. scholarships at tbe institution. Tbe
, point seems to lie that Clemson does
not want 124 free scholars at one
i time, especially as they would prob
! ably remain for four years. Tue act
; give them Slot) each year and tuition.
If Iii4 free scholars entered Clemson
, in one year the places of many pay
, students would be taken up. It is
not known whether or not the infer
ence is that Clems jn needs the money.
Her income now amounts to about
$150,000. The Citadel also luis many
free scholarships but the full number
of beneficiaries clo not come to the
school every four years. What the
Clemson authorities wish t > kuow is
if some of these scholarships can be
taken up in 1004 and some in 1905.
The attorney general lias not yet con
sidered the" matter._
'Righting Paper Trust.
The resolution of Representative
Lilley instructing the secretary of
commerce and labor to' investigate
tho hign price and scarcity of news
print paper and the causes which
have produced these conditions, was
tho subject of discussion before
the house committee on judiciary.
Don C. Seit/, of Hie New York Worl I,
and .Fohn Norris, business manager of
the New York Times, were heard.
Doth covered practically the same
ground in statements and the Inter
national Paper con.puny and the Gen
eral Paper company had divided the
United States between them in the
earn: roi of the news print paper. The
International controlled all that sec
tion cast of the Indiana line and the
General company the territory west
of that line. This combination, it
was test! li ed to, had raised Hie price
nf news paper during the last four
years il i a lon and during the past
year as much as 85 a ton: it was sell
ing paper In London, counting the
freight and Insurance, at HO per cent,
less than it did in New York.
A Good Law.
The legislature of New Jersey has
done well in passing a hill making lt
a crime to sell cigarettes to a child
uiulcr fourteen years of age. Though
lt may bc impossible to strictly en
force the law. as has usually been the
case with such statutes elsewhc.-e, lt
will doubt less do some good in the way
of stopping the abominable habit of
children smoking cigarettes.
COUNTY Treasuror Spigener ol
i Richland county has issued 8,UU0 exe
, entions against delhujuento for poll
j tax.
< ?
No Holter Wnniod. ?.
Because he vated for McKinley in
1890 James lt. Gordon, a leadint busl- ;
ness man of Richmond, Va., has been
compelled by party pressurej? with
draw from the race for,t^h?yuT." JYTrT""*'
Gordon announced hirrgjself as a candi
date in response to tb? request of the
city's business interest?, ills oppon- .
cut ascertained" that heVhad declined
to support Hryan and bawl warmly in
dorsed McKinley. This^lroused such
a storm among the "regular" psople
that Mr. Gordon is oin/in a letter an
nouncing bis withdraJwal and express
ing pleasure at behtfg relieved from '
what he only undertook as a patriotic
duty.
I
TwHNTY-four persons, including
some of the niust/ prominent citizens,
in Charleston were arrested on Friday
night for riding on the pavements
without a light! and they were all
i ii ken to the L'uarJ house In the
"Black Maria'*--some of them ?' J
testing strenuously against tba lu
dignity. Smalt/ tines werejimpjsei.
If you ai?.C n<u will i?sd want to know
truth about j .
trouble, sonn tor my
free booklet? nnd sell
examination bianka.
Ko. I. NcrvoLH DetitU
ty (Sexual Weakness),
No. 2, Varicoeele, No.
3,8trioturc\ No. 4. Kid
ney and U'adder Oom
plaints, No. B, Olsetso
of Women. No. 8, The .
Poison King (Blood
Poison), No. 7, Ca
tarrh. These books
ebon'.U bein thohsnds
of ?very person a (Mol
ed. r.B Dr. Hathaway,
t the author, ls rocot;
I libed ns the best tin
-r;/ u thority ?nil expert Itt
V/yXv.. the I'nltei States on
HATHAWAY. these diseases. Wrlt.i
br sf Ad .'or the l?>nk ya want 'oday, anrl ll
wllH? sent you free, staled. Addrru t v.^.
ton i/athuway, M U
28 jtnraan Building,^) S. Broad St
Atba^htaGa. ^^^^^^^^N
~llAr MAKES
4 GOOD FIANC
(Kood Materials, Skill, Knowledge,
Caire and a lot ol little things you don t
se?l, all cost money-pay as much as,
yiCu can. .. ,
f We arc factory representatives for.
tllie most celebrated Pianos viz:
< Chickering, Knsibo, Fischer,-VdMy s
nXhr, Mathushek, McPhail, and^oth
ers!,
Whatever you pay ns, you aro suro
of JTa GOOD PIANO and a saving of $2o
toi $75. Address,
J/io.lon.e l?ltisio House
^Columbia, S. C., will entitle you to
catalogue. *?in?o?ac Qrg?*??